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The biographical dictionary of World War II generals and flag officers : the U.S. Armed Forces

Provides a biographical synopsis for all of the general and flag officers who served the US on any active duty from December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945. Includes general officers of the US Army, the US Air Force, the National Guard, and the US Marine Corps and flag officers of the US Navy and the US Coast Guard. Officers includes those called to active duty from the Reserves, those brought from retirement to temporary active duty, and those promoted to high rank directly from civilian life. Appendices include a summary of birthplaces and dates and officers who died during WWII. Includes an index. c. Book News Inc.Read more...

This book contains "biographical material on all our country's generals and flag officers who served any amount of active duty between December 7, 1941 and September 2, 1945. This includes general officers of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Army Air Force, the National Guard and the U.S. Marine Corps and flag officers of the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard. In addition to regular officers, [this book] includes officers called to active duty from the Reserves, officers brought from retirement to temporary active duty, and officers promoted to high rank directly from civilian life" --
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Responsibility:

R. Manning Ancell with Christine M. Miller.

Abstract:

A biographical dictionary of American generals and flag officers who served any active duty from December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945. It includes officers of the US Army, the US Air force, the National Guard and the US Marine Corps.Read more...

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"[I]mpressive." - Historical Journal of Massachusetts "An essential book of World War II buffs, military history readers and writers, wargamers, students, and researchers." - Amazon.com Books "[A] useful complement in public and academic libraries to the standard military biographical dictionaries." - Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin "Compilers Ancell and Miller present almost 2,400 biographical entries that represent, they believe, 99 percent of US generals and flag officers of WWII . . . this work will be of value in collections emphasizing history or biography of the US, military, or WWII." - ChoiceRead more...